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| Title | : | Nightlife (Cal Leandros #1) |
| Author | : | Rob Thurman |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Roc |
| Pages | : | Pages: 339 pages |
| Published | : | March 7th 2006 by Penguin |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Vampires. Fiction |
Rob Thurman
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 339 pages Rating: 3.64 | 12746 Users | 860 Reviews
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There are monsters among us. There always have been and there always will be. I’ve known that since I can remember, just like I’ve always known I was one ... Well, half of one, anyway.Welcome to New York City - a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side. Most humans are oblivious to the preternatural nightlife around them, but Cal Leandros is only half human.
His father’s dark lineage is the stuff of nightmares – and his entire otherworldly elf race are after Cal. His half brother, Niko, gave up college to keep them on the run for four years, but now the Grendel monsters are back. And Cal is about to learn why they want him. He is the key to unleashing their hell on earth. The fate of the human world will be decided in the fight of Cal’s life...
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| Original Title: | Nightlife |
| ISBN: | 0451460758 (ISBN13: 9780451460752) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Cal Leandros #1 |
| Characters: | Cal Leandros, Niko Leandros, Robin Goodfellow |
| Setting: | New York State(United States) New York City, New York(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.64 From 12746 Users | 860 ReviewsArticle Out Of Books Nightlife (Cal Leandros #1)
3.something stars rounded up to 4.I really dont need another urban fantasy series to collect, I really dont. *sigh*Cal (short for Caliban) Leandros is half human, half who-knows-what. He and his brother Niko have been running from daddys side of the family for four years and thought theyd left them behind for good, but then Niko spots one of their monstrous pursuers (nicknamed Grendels) in Central Park and they realise theyve run out of time and places to run. And Cal is going to find out whyDNF at 39%. Because there's only so much boredom I can take.Oh, I know exactly what you're thinking here: "Oh, look! A new addition to Sarah's DNF graveyard! Surprise, surprise!"Well I am sorry to disappoint you but this is not yet another case of "Sarah has less patience than a rabid rabbit in heat." No it's not. Of all the delightfully dysfunctional Freaks that buddy read this book with me, at least three DNFed is as well. Ha! Didn't expect that, did you now? Point made. Moving on and stuff.So
I really liked this one! This is the first book I've read in the genre with a male main character so it was a nice change of pace. Cal is half-grendal (elf/auphe). He was abducted by the grendals when he was younger and managed to escape. Since then he and his brother Niko have been on the run, always trying to stay one step ahead of the grendels. But Cal is tired of running and wants to find out more about his connection to the grendals. I love Cal's sarcasm, I think that anyone who's half
It started out ok. Thurman has an interesting take on the Dark Elves and his world of trolls and boggles and a Puck is quite inventive. I was even ready to chomp into the relationship between the brothers Cal and Niko as that seemed so different than the other urban fantasy books I have read. However, the book is disappointing and I ended up skimming through to the end. There is a try for humor that falls flat. The characters are never really fleshed out and their relationship to each other
Buddy Read with the MacHalo tribe.I liked Nightlife, but I didn't love it. It had plot problems. It wasn't sure what the baddies were actually doing and so Cal couldn't really act against them. Considering this is the first book in a UF series that isn't completely surprising. They normally have issues, which is why I'm very willing to hop into the next book. Plus it did get somewhere and made a pretty huge bang when it got there. Not bad!Cal meanders like a 90 year old woman. Seriously, the guy
This book feels like the TV show "Supernatural" in a paper format. And because I love that TV show, I also love this book. Two brothers running away from evil creatures, fighting, protecting each other, having no one to turn to for help. Until they meet a certain puck, a vampire girl and a psychic. The book does have many cultural references that are rather hard to understand for someone who lives on a different continent though. It's not names and places but phrases that pop up in famous TV
DNF. I just can't anymore with this book. I got through 11% and I was just so bored. Maybe it picks up but if you can't draw me in by now then I can't be bothered to continue. Too many books, too little time.
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